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fired into the sun

fired into the sun is the simple past and past participle of fire into the sun.

Meaning of fire into the sun

Verb

fire into the sun (third-person singular simple present fires into the sun, present participle firing into the sun, simple past and past participle fired into the sun)

  1. (idiomatic) To get rid of or otherwise punish an unwanted person (especially due to poor performance).
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fire, into, the, sun.

Questions about fired into the sun

What is fired into the sun the simple past and past participle of?
Fired into the sun is the simple past and past participle of fire into the sun.

Words near fired into the sun in the dictionary

  1. firecrowns
  2. fired
  3. fired away
  4. fired blanks
  5. fired in anger
  6. fired into the sun
  7. fired off
  8. fired on all cylinders
  9. fired out
  10. fired the starting gun
  11. fired up

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